Chapter 52: The Struggle Begins

The sun rose higher and higher, and soon it was nine o'clock in the morning.

"Ding, ding, ding!"

With the sound of metal knocking, the noise of the scene gradually quieted down, and at the same time, everyone's eyes looked to the side of the pergola, only to see Kikwete smiling and walking up to a small platform, and then said:

"Good morning, gentlemen!"

"First of all, you are welcome to come and watch it even if you are busy."

"In my opinion, your presence is the greatest support for the development of our independent military industry in Tanzania."

"I think it's worth celebrating with applause!"

Accompanied by Kikwete's voice, the scene sounded a sparse lala, but Kikwete didn't care, and continued with a faint smile on his face:

"In my opinion, our motherland is one of the most peace-loving countries in the world."

"And yet all around us, there are wolves looking around!"

"They covet our land, our minerals, our gold, our people, and they are jealous of our rapid development over the years!"

"And then the despicable and shameful war of aggression was launched, and the armed invasion of our land was carried out!"

At this point, the expression on Kikwete's face had become solemn, solemn, and angry, and finally he waved his fist vigorously, and his voice rose eight degrees and shouted:

"But, they were wrong!"

"In the face of united Tanzania, they have only one end, and that is defeat!"

"The heroic and great Tanzanians, under the correct leadership of Mr. President and the government, thwarted their plan to eat Tanzania, and we succeeded! Victory is ours in the end! ”

"Tanzania, always great!"

After all, in the face of a sudden war a few years ago, Tanzania's high-level performance can be said to be remarkable, even in the face of Uganda, a regional power supported by Libya, Tanzania finally won the victory, expelled the enemy, and counter-offensive to control the enemy's land.

Therefore, the official of Tanzania is now very well recognized and well-known among the people, and this is also proud of the high-level people who came from the war era!

"But, although the war was won."

"But the follow-up security problems also dragged us into the quagmire of war!"

When the applause died down, Kikwete's voice turned heavy, and he said in an unusually tragic tone:

"In order to combat the armed groups that are floating in the country, and in order to prevent the counterattack of neighboring countries, we have had to expand the size of our troops many times."

"In order for the soldiers to have weapons, we have to use a large amount of dollars that we have earned from selling minerals to purchase weapons, and every year!"

"And this has also led to the fact that our economy has not developed at all over the years, and is even regressing!"

After all, Tanzania is a backward agricultural country, and if it wants to develop, it is inseparable from importing agricultural tools, seeds, and fertilizers from abroad.

Then, the money is all for weapons, and naturally there is no money to buy these things!

At this moment.

Kikwete on the stage glanced at everyone on the scene, a look of confusion and thought appeared on his face, and at the same time frowned and explained:

"For the past year, I have been studying with our friend in the East, Huaxia."

"There, I saw a thriving and thriving country, different from what China used to be, so I couldn't help but think, if we want to develop, what can we do?"

After a pause for a few seconds, Kikwete showed a wry smile, shook his head and said:

"It's a pity, maybe because I don't have enough intelligence, I can't think of a better way."

"But one thing I am sure of is that our precious dollars must not be used to buy weapons, but seeds, farm tools, fertilizers, steel and machinery!"

"But the security issue cannot be relaxed, which is the premise of national stability!"

"So, if we want to save these military dollars, we need to have our own military industry!"

"So that you can produce a certain number of weapons yourself!"

"We must not rely on imports entirely!"

Speaking of this, Kikwete changed the thinking, confusion, and hesitation on his face, and became excited, confident, and high-spirited again, and his voice was raised again, and he said excitedly:

"So after I came back from Huaxia, I have been promoting related work."

"Now, our first in-house designed and manufactured weapon in Tanzania, the heavy mortar, has finally succeeded!"

"There will be soldiers demonstrating this weapon to you!"

"And its power will surely shock you!"

Hearing Kikwete say this, many people present suddenly had a look of expectation and excitement on their faces, after all, as the country's high-level people, they are also the people who are most looking forward to the country becoming richer and stronger, because only when the country is stronger, can they personally seek more benefits!

"Bang Bang!"

With warm applause, the black cloth covering the gas canister was pulled open!

At that moment, I saw that the whole was cylindrical, nearly one meter three in length, at least thirty centimeters in diameter, with a circular tail at the rear, the whole was stout, it looked like a heavy aerial bomb, and the product was painted with the Tanzanian flag, appeared!

At this moment, it can no longer see the appearance of a gas canister!

"Damn! That's too big, right? ”

"It's completely different from the mortar I remember!"

"Oh my God! The power of this explosion will be very amazing, right? ”

"But it's so big, can it really fly out?"

"Hahaha, Kikwete's study in Huaxia is very effective!"

"It looks powerful!"

In an instant, there was a lot of discussion under the pergola, most of them in a tone of exclamation and appreciation, while Baduk's expression became ugly, and it was obvious that everyone's attitude was beginning to favor Kikwete!

At the same time, Kikwete walked over, patted the gas canister on the table and said:

"Now, let me give you a brief introduction."

"This heavy mortar can have a charge of more than fifty kilograms, and because of the use of better shape and more propellants, the maximum firing range can reach an astonishing one to two kilometers, while the minimum firing range is two hundred meters!"

"Because if it is less than this range, the operator will also be blown to pieces!"

Hearing this, there was a burst of laughter in the shed, and Kikwete couldn't help but smile and say:

"Next, there will be a live-fire experiment!"

As soon as Kikwete's words fell, General Baduk, who was suddenly sitting there, coughed lightly, and under the gaze of everyone, he stood up directly and frowned and said:

"I believe that this mortar must be very powerful."

"But as far as I know, the casing of this mortar was imported from China, right?"

"In that case, Kikwete, how can you say that this is a weapon that we designed and manufactured independently?"

"Isn't this deceiving the president and everybody?"

His tone became more and more harsh, and in the end, it directly turned into a reprimand, and the faces of the high-level people in the shed also changed suddenly, and many people looked at Kikwete with expressions that changed!